Word: aarp
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...generation rumbles toward retirement age, publishers are scrambling to follow it. Titles like Rolling Stone and Ramparts, founded to document the boomers' rebellious youth, long ago yielded coffee-table space to Money and Parenting, with their grownup concerns. Now at least two new magazines--Meredith Corp.'s More and AARP's My Generation--claim they have figured out what's next on the mind of the 50-plus generation...
...TIES THAT BIND When it comes to baby boomers caring for their aging parents, the numbers fall along a multicultural divide. According to an AARP survey, white Americans are the least likely to care for their elders (19%), while Asians are the most likely to do so (42%). Blacks (28%) and Hispanics (34%) fall in the middle. Guilt feelings for not providing enough care neatly mirror the differences: Asians feel the most guilty; whites the least...
...scarier than what will actually happen. The report, they charge, is riddled with errors to frighten people into Bush's privatization plan. "It recycles old alarmist arguments that portray the financial shape of Social Security in the worst possible light," says William D. Novelli, executive director of the AARP. Social Security will need fixing, but it is far from being on the brink of financial collapse, argue critics of the commission. The panel's report tries "to convince younger Americans" that Social Security is "falling apart and that a radical solution is needed to fix it," says Congressman Robert Matsui...
KNOW-NOTHINGS Most people don't manage their 401(k) funds well, according to a batch of studies undertaken by John Hancock Financial Services, Fidelity Investments, Putnam Investments and AARP. Why? Because they are too ignorant, too optimistic, too busy or too lazy. Are you one? Do you know what you should save? The returns and risks of the stocks and bonds that make up your funds? Here are a few no-nos: cashing out 401(k) balances when changing jobs despite heavy penalties; failing to diversify enough and reallocate in a timely way. No wonder, since half...
...Dinosaur squad (1-0, 0-0 AARP), though, came up big when it needed to most. Despite being shutout for the entire game by Crimson pitcher Dan Fernandez (1-1, 10.23 ERA), the senior bats came alive in the top of the seventh and final inning...